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Soft hoses are good. Pull the bowl and take a look. Takes seconds, and will tell you a lot. Typically, the bottom of the bowl gunks...

You have the carb off... Rebuild it!!! You never know what kind of gunk is loaded up in there. Feel the fuel lines, especially the...

Often, once you add fuel and oil and run it a bit, like in the pic, compression will go up. Let it turn over for 4 seconds before...

Well, that day was tough, and Friday was almost the same... Thursday night ended with a motor that ran okay. Friday morning started...

Wow, that guy has issues. I wonder what the root cause is? My story continues long into the next day, but has a good ending. I'll...

I don't think that is a 1990 with the angled lower cowling. Sounds like it has gunked up carbs. I hope you didn't pay much for that...

I highly recommend a trolling motor with gps. Having spot lock/anchor lock has been a game changer for our river fishing. The heading...

A close friend of mine recently lost his wife of 41 years. Since then, he's been floundering a bit, unsure of what to do with himself...

That is very disappointing! Just curious... what was your sequence for applying the epoxy? Did you lay one coat after another and...

I really like your boat! For the battery, I strongly recommend you look up "TimeUSB" on Amazon. Very good batteries for about...

For what it's worth, I looked at the ProNav, and it cost more than an OEM I-Pilot Bluetooth upgrade kit. So I went with OEM and am...

You see a lot of those on shows like Swamp People. I liked one with a 1" diameter, inverted "U" shaped bar, mounted up the backside...

If you have enough gasoline in your boat to reach up under your bench seats, you have a MUCH bigger problem than the foam!

Just put some sticky traps in the boat, and you will catch the mice. Maybe a dab of peanut butter in the middle will help entice them...

If you plan to weld the pinholes and pitting, it helps to press a piece of steel to the opposite side of the panel while welding. That...